List of rocker films
The list of rocker films includes films that belong to the subgenre rocker film in exploitation film , as well as films in which rockers or bikers play a leading role. Only rockers or bikers in supporting roles, a single motorcycle in the film or something similar do not lead to inclusion in the list. There should also be a reference to the subculture. Similar looking characters (for example Reno Raines in the television series Renegade - Merciless Hunt ) are also not taken into account. In contrast, films are recorded in which bikers are used as stereotypical villains, for example in Inferno . Documentaries and TV series are shown in a separate list at the end.
Subgenre rocker film
The subgenre rocker film belongs to the exploitation film and experienced its peak between 1967 and 1973. Direct influences were the blockbusters Der Wilde (1954) and Easy Rider (1967), which are also the highlights of the genre. In most Exploitern the rockers are shown as negative, mostly as loud, alcohol, otherwise drug-addicted and sex-obsessed gang .
list
- Film titles that have not been published in German-speaking countries are shown in italics.
| Movie title | country | year | Director | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The wild | United States | 1953 | László Benedek | based on the rioting of Hollister , is generally considered to be the forefather of this film genre |
| Teenage Devil Dolls | United States | 1955 | B. Lawrence Price Jr. | Film drama |
| Leather jackets settle accounts | United States | 1957 | Edward L. Cahn | Thriller |
| Wild Hunt | United States | 1958 | Joe Parker | Thriller |
| You are damned | GBR | 1961 | Joseph Losey | Science fiction drama about an unscrupulous science project |
| Scorpio Rising | United States | 1964 | Kenneth Anger | avant-garde short film |
| The leather boys | Great Britain | 1964 | Sidney J. Furie | Film drama |
| Motorpsycho ... like wild stallions | United States | 1965 | Russ Meyer | Thriller |
| The wild angels | United States | 1966 | Roger Corman | Film drama |
| The furious rockers from the Thunderstip | United States | 1966 | David L. Hewitt | |
| Rebels in leather jackets | United States | 1967 | Daniel Haller | |
| The wild thugs of San Francisco | United States | 1967 | Richard Rush | with Sonny Barger |
| The Hellcats | United States | 1967 | Robert F. Slatzer | |
| Angel of hell | United States | 1967 | Tom Laughlin | |
| The Angry Breed | United States | 1968 | David Commons | |
| Hell's Chosen Few | United States | 1968 | David L. Hewitt | |
| Savages from Hell | United States | 1968 | Joseph P. Mawra | |
| The Satan Angels of Nevada | United States | 1968 | Maury Dexter | |
| Easy rider | United States | 1969 | Dennis Hopper | is generally considered to be the second cult film of rocker films |
| Cycle Savages | United States | 1969 | Bill Brame | |
| Run, angel, run | United States | 1969 | Jack Starrett | |
| Naked on a hard saddle | United States | 1969 | Bruce D. Clark | |
| Satan's sadists | United States | 1969 | Al Adamson | |
| Sisters in Leather | United States | 1969 | Zoltan G. Spencer | |
| Wild Wheels | United States | 1969 | Ken Osborne | |
| The wild thugs of Rockers Town | United States | 1969 | Maury Dexter | |
| Angels without chains | United States | 1970 | Lee Madden | |
| ... who tear themselves apart | United States | 1970 | Laurence Merrick | |
| Hell's Angel and Company | United States | 1970 | Seymour Robbie | |
| Little Fauss and Big Halsy | United States | 1970 | Sidney J. Furie | |
| The rockers on Boston Street | United States | 1970 | Richard Compton | |
| Damn, rotten, lost - The Losers | United States | 1970 | Jack Starrett | An excerpt from the film can be seen on Pulp Fiction |
| Devil Rider! | United States | 1970 | Brad F. Grinter | |
| Angels Hard as They Come | United States | 1971 | Joe Viola | |
| Chrome and hot leather | United States | 1971 | Lee Frost | |
| Evel Knievel | United States | 1971 | Marvin J. Chomsky | Biopic about Evel Knievel |
| Die on hot ovens | United States | 1971 | Douglas Schwartz | |
| Outlaw Riders | United States | 1971 | Tony Huston | |
| The proud rider | Canada | 1971 | Walter Baczynsky | |
| Hard rider | United States | 1971 | Burt topper | |
| The Jesus Trip | United States | 1971 | Russ Mayberry | |
| The Tormentors | United States | 1971 | David L. Hewitt | |
| No return | United States | 1971 | JD Feigelson | |
| Wild Riders | United States | 1971 | Richard Kanter | |
| Blood night of the devil | United States | 1971 | Michel Levesque | Rocker, resulting in werewolves transform |
| Blood freak | United States | 1971 | Steve Hawkes , Brad F. Grinter | Horror movie |
| Pink Angels | United States | 1972 | Larry G. Brown | |
| Bury Me an Angel | United States | 1972 | Barbara Peeters | First rocker film from a female director |
| Angels' Wild Women | United States | 1972 | Al Adamson | |
| rocker | Germany | 1972 | Klaus Lemke | |
| JC | United States | 1972 | William F. McGaha | |
| God have mercy on the cops | United States | 1972 | Jerry Jameson | |
| Sukeban Gerira | Japan | 1972 | Norifumi Suzuki | |
| Delivered | United States | 1972 | John Lawrence | |
| Harley-Davidson 344 | United States | 1973 | James William Guercio | |
| Road of Death | United States | 1973 | Rene Martinez Jr. | |
| The Black Six | United States | 1973 | Matt Cimber | Blaxploitation |
| The Frog | UK | 1973 | Don Sharp | Horror film about a satanic rock gang |
| Stone | Australia | 1974 | Sandy Harbutt | |
| Pray for the Wildcats | United States | 1974 | Robert Michael Lewis | TV movie |
| Darktown Strutters | United States | 1975 | William Witney | Blaxploitation |
| Sidecar Racers | Australia | 1975 | Earl Bellamy | Mixture of biker and surfer film |
| Duel to the point of death | United States | 1975 | Earl Baton | |
| The unleashed | France / Italy | 1975 | Gérard Pirès | |
| Goddo supîdo yû! Black emperor | Japan | 1976 | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Known as God Speed You! Black Emperor |
| The Northville massacre | United States | 1976 | William Dear , Thomas L. Dyke | |
| Viva Knievel - Death jumps with you | United States | 1977 | Gordon Douglas | Action film with Evel Knievel |
| Cycle Vixens | United States | 1978 | John Arnoldy , Peter Perry Jr. | |
| zombie | United States | 1978 | George A. Romero | A motorcycle gang plays an elementary role in this zombie film |
| Angel Losers - The Bulldozers of Hong Kong | Japan | 1978 | Yutaka Kohira | |
| The man from San Fernando | United States | 1978 | James Fargo | |
| Mad Max | Australia | 1979 | George Miller | |
| Quadrophenia | United Kingdom | 1979 | Franc Roddam | Music film based on the concept album of the same name by The Who , the music film is about the rocker- mods conflict in the 1960s |
| Full throttle to San Fernando | United States | 1980 | Buddy Van Horn | Continuation of The Man from San Fernando |
| Spetters - tough and romantic | Netherlands | 1980 | Paul Verhoeven | |
| Silver Dream Racer | UK | 1980 | David Wickes | |
| Knightriders - knights on hot furnaces | United States | 1981 | George A. Romero | Film about a traveling show group, rockers only appear in passing |
| Mad Foxes - fire on wheels | Spain / Switzerland | 1981 | Peter Gray | Nazi rockers as villains |
| Return of the Rebels | United States | 1981 | Noel Nosseck | |
| The loveless | United States | 1982 | Kathryn Bigelow , Monty Montgomery | |
| The aftermath | United States | 1982 | Steve Barkett | Zombie movie |
| Bakuretsu toshi | Japan | 1982 | Sogo Ishii | also known as Burst City |
| Grease 2 | United States | 1982 | Patricia Birch | |
| Timerider - The Adventure of Lyle Swann | United States | 1982 | William Dear | Science fiction film |
| The Riffs - We are the violence | Italy | 1982 | Enzo G. Castellari | |
| Megaforce | Hong Kong / USA | 1982 | Hal Needham | |
| The Riffs II - Escape from the Bronx | Italy | 1983 | Enzo G. Castellari | Continuation to The Riffs - We are violence |
| Fireflash - The day after the end | Italy / France | 1983 | Sergio Martino | Science fiction film |
| Streets on fire | United States | 1984 | Walter Hill | Action movie |
| City limits | United States | 1985 | Aaron Lipstadt | Science fiction film |
| The flying moped | United States | 1985 | Hoite Caston | free interpretation by Hans and the beanstalk |
| The mask | United States | 1985 | Peter Bogdanovich | |
| The hyenas | United States | 1985 | Simon sober | |
| Tomatoes for freedom | UK / Ireland | 1986 | Peter Ormrod | |
| The Tiger | United States | 1986 | Richard C. Sarafian | |
| Cross Riders - devils on hot machines | United States | 1987 | Fritz Kiersch | |
| Nightmare Beach | USA / Italy | 1988 | Harry Kirkpatrick / Umberto Lenzi | Slasher |
| The girls gang | United States | 1989 | David O'Malley | Satire on biker films |
| Tigerman | United States | 1990 | Mario DiLeo | Original title: The Final Alliance |
| Werner - tough! | Germany | 1990 | Niki List , Gerhard Hahn , Michael Schaack | Film adaptation based on Werner |
| Trouble with Eduard | United States | 1990 | Daniel Raskov | comedy |
| With the best of intentions | United States | 1990 | Malcolm Mowbray | comedy |
| Iron Thunder | United States | 1990 | Dirk Campbell | Horror film about a vampire motorcycle |
| Born to Ride | United States | 1991 | Graham Baker | |
| Blood ties | United States | 1991 | Jim McBride | |
| Stone Cold - Cold as stone | United States | 1991 | Craig R. Baxley | |
| The Last Riders | United States | 1991 | Joseph Merhi | |
| Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man | United States | 1991 | Simon Wincer | Action comedy |
| Zombie Town | United States | 1991 | Dan Hoskins | Horror movie |
| Made of Steel - as hard as steel | United States | 1992 | Larry Ferguson | Action movie |
| Asphalt prophets | United States | 1992 | Abbe Wool | |
| Chrome Soldiers | United States | 1992 | Thomas J. Wright | |
| Running cool | United States | 1993 | Beverly Sebastian , Ferd Sebastian | |
| Motorcycle gear | United States | 1994 | John Milius | Action movie |
| Jailbreakers - Young and outlawed | United States | 1994 | William Friedkin | |
| Stranger | United States | 1994 | Fritz Kiersch | |
| Iron Horsemen | Finland , France, Italy | 1995 | Gilles Charming | |
| Werner - That must be killing! | Germany | 1996 | Udo Beissel , Gerhard Hahn | Film adaptation based on Werner |
| Zombie Cult Massacre | United States | 1997 | Jeff Dunn | |
| My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York | United States | 1998 | Barbara shock | Short film, Oscar winner 2000 |
| Werner - Full Rooäää !!! | Germany | 1999 | Gerhard Hahn | Film adaptation based on Werner |
| inferno | United States | 1999 | John G. Avildsen | |
| Me and Will | United States | 1999 | Melissa Behr , Sherrie Rose | |
| Hellblock 13 | United States | 1999 | Paul Talbot | Episodic horror film |
| Hochelaga | Canada | 2000 | Michel Jetté | takes place during the Québec Biker War |
| Biker zombies | United States | 2001 | Todd Brunswick | |
| Lone Hero - The Terror Bikers | United States | 2002 | Ken Sanzel | |
| Motorcycle women | United States | 2002 | Janice Engel | |
| Biker boys | United States | 2003 | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Action movie |
| Werner - puke later! | Germany | 2003 | Michael Schaack , Hayo Friday | Film adaptation based on Werner |
| At the limit | United States | 2004 | Joseph Kahn | Action movie |
| Dhoom! - The hunt begins | India | 2004 | Sanjay Gadhvi | |
| Born to be Wild - skinny on the go | United States | 2007 | Walt Becker | comedy |
| Kill Bobby Z | USA, Germany | 2007 | John Herzfeld | thriller |
| Missionary Man | United States | 2007 | Dolph Lundgren | Action movie |
| Hell Ride | United States | 2008 | Larry Bishop | Action movie |
| One Week - The adventure of a lifetime | Canada | 2008 | Michael McGowan | |
| Freebird | UK | 2008 | Jon Ivay | |
| speed | United States | 2010 | Brad Armstrong | Porn film that pretends to play in a rocker milieu |
| Machine Gun Preacher | United States | 2011 | Marc Forster | Biopic about ex-rocker Sam Childers |
| Crime scene: between the ears | Germany | 2011 | Franziska Meletzky | TV thriller |
| Werner - ice cold! | Germany | 2011 | Rötger Feldmann , Thomas Platt , Hermann Weigel | Film adaptation based on Werner |
| Crime scene: A handful of paradise | Germany | 2013 | Hannu Salonen | TV thriller |
| Suburban rocker | Germany | 2015 | Martina Plura | Television comedy |
Documentaries
| Movie title | country | year | Director | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hell guys on hot fire chairs | United States | 1971 | Bruce Brown | Documentary about motorcycling in the USA |
| Gimme Shelter | United States | 1970 | Albert Maysles , David Maysles , Charlotte Zwerin | The documentary deals with the death of Meredith Hunter , who by a Hells Angel at Altamont Free Concert was committed |
| Hells Angels Forever - Angels to the Dead | United States | 1983 | Richard Chase , Leon Gast , Kevin Keating | |
| Hells Angels vs. Bandidos - The Rocker War | France | 2011 | Xavier Deleu , Mikaël Lefrancois | Documentary about the Hells-Angels- Bandidos conflict |
| 81 - The Other World: The World of Hells Angels | Germany | 2011 | Dimitrios Lukas | with, among others, Frank Hanebuth and Ben Becker |
| A Hell's Angel among brothers | Germany | 2015 | Marcel Wehn | the documentary accompanies Lutz Schelhorn while working on his photo book about the Hells Angels |
TV Shows
- 2003–: American Chopper (reality TV series about a motorcycle manufacturer)
- 2007–: Dangerous Gangs (the US documentary series reported several times on Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs)
- 2008–: Motorcycle Gangs: The Bloody Law of the Road (documentary series)
- 2008–: Sons of Anarchy (TV series about the fictional outlaw motorcycle gang of the same name)
- 2012–: The Devils Ride - A life on two wheels ( Mockumentary about the semi-fictional rocker gang Laffing Devils)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rare Biker Films. CineFear Video, accessed October 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp !: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures , Hemlock Books. 2009 p. 19
- ↑ Motorcycle Women (2002) in the Internet Movie Database (English)